[free-sklyarov] Support for the Association of American Publishers

[Alphageek]

I wonder how many people they are paying to fill up their message board?

Perhaps somebody could selects a few hundred or so of the "best of" Free
Sklyarov and make sure the consolidated wit and wisdom of this list is
availble for this new imaginary "astroturf" group to read on their message
board?

Never hurts to get the message out, and they appear to have opened a forum
in which anyone may participate.

Alternatively, we could just have every FREE SKLYAROV member post just ONE
message, explaining in simple and civil terms exactly what is wrong with the
arest and the DMCA.  Either way, it could be a fun exercise.

ECG

]> -----Original Message-----
]> From: free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net
]> [mailto:free-sklyarov-admin at zork.net]On Behalf Of Declan McCullagh
]> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 9:57 AM
]> To: free-sklyarov at zork.net
]> Cc: dcm_america at yahoo.com
]> Subject: [free-sklyarov] Support for the Association of American
]> Publishers
]>
]>
]>
]> >Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 09:55:45 -0400
]> >To: John Zenger <dcm_america at yahoo.com>
]> >From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
]> >Subject: Re: Support for the Association of American Publishers
]> >Cc: amyg at publishers.org, ausage at smoke-and-mirrors.net, simons at acm.org,
]> >pfir at vortex.com, lauren at pfir.org, neumann at pfir.org
]> >
]> >Seems like a troll to me.
]> >
]> >* What authentic coalition does not list its members?
]> >* What authentic press release does not give telephone contacts?
]> >* What authentic coalition does not show up in a Google search?
]> >* What authentic press release would call Adobe an "electronic
]> publishing
]> >company," when they're primarily a software vendor?
]> >
]> >Perhaps the position this "coalition" is internally consistent -- I'd
]> >grant that -- but this particular effort seems as real as some of
]> >Microsoft's astroturf efforts.
]> >
]> >-Declan
]> >
]> >
]> >At 05:09 AM 7/29/01 -0700, John Zenger wrote:
]> >>Press Release
]> >>For Immediate Release
]> >>
]> >>Decency Coalition for Media in America supports
]> >>Association of American Publishers in Sklyarov Piracy
]> >>Case.
]> >>
]> >>Washington, DC. The Decency Coalition for Media in
]> >>America (DCM America) today announced its strong
]> >>support for the prosecution of Dmitry Sklyarov for
]> >>piracy of intellectual media.  Sklyarov developed and
]> >>illegally disseminated methods for pirating electronic
]> >>books published by Adobe, a well-known electronic
]> >>publishing company.
]> >>
]> >>"The ownership of property, particularly intellectual
]> >>property, is the foundation of American liberty." said
]> >>John Zenger, the Coalition's founder and Executive
]> >>Director.  "To deprive a creator of intellectual
]> >>property of the benefits of their creativity is to
]> >>strike at the economic root of that creativity and to
]> >>insure the certainty of its destruction." Zenger
]> >>added. "The Coalition defends the rights of authors
]> >>and publishers, indeed of all owners and creators of
]> >>intellectual property, to derive the benefits of their
]> >>property and strongly deplores the efforts of those
]> >>who would seek to deny or diminish those benefits.
]> >>Without the right to control the dissemination of
]> >>their works, owners and creators of intellectual
]> >>property, or information of any kind, will lose their
]> >>incentive for creativity.  That would be a crushing
]> >>blow to the American economy."
]> >>
]> >>-----
]> >>
]> >>The Decency Coalition for Media in America is
]> >>dedicated to promoting the security of ownership and
]> >>the responsibility for content of intellectual
]> >>property in America. The coalition believes that
]> >>responsible publication by reputable publishers is the
]> >>foundation of American liberty and that neither
]> >>responsibility nor reputation can be assured without
]> >>insuring the rights of authors and publishers to their
]> >>intellectual property. The Coalition welcomes comments
]> >>to its discussion group at
]> >>
]> >>http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/dcmamerica.
]> >>
]> >>All submissions become the property of the Coalition.
]> >>
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